Monday, July 19, 2004

Playing poker with a pro

So, I have been playing some poker this morning. What a shock huh? Been playing at Full Tilt Poker. It is one of the newer sites, that is backed by a number of pro players that you see on TV. Today, I played with Andy Bloch. Nice guy. He was talking with others. I was just to his left so I was able to see how he played his hands. Made some good moves on me, but overall, when I was in the hands with him, I held my own, causing him to fold most times. I had the cards, but what do I expect. He probably made one very good move on me. I was in the big blind with KQ, hearts. It folded around and he raised in the small blind. I called (probably should have raised). Flop came 3,5,6, no hearts. He bet the pot and I folded. My gut told me I had him, but I couldn't call that bet. Earlier against a different player I dropped $45 on a straight. I had A, 5, made the straight on the turn, 7 high. Other player was playing 8,5. Ouch! He was in the big blind and checked it preflop. That hurt. I did make it back when I flopped trip Aces and got one guy to add another 15, but he didn't call me river bet, thus I ended the session with a $9 loss.